Tom Telesco is pals with 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman, with whom he played football at John Carroll University, a small school in suburban Cleveland.

Good for Telesco, good for the Chargers, but before I encourage the rookie general manager to study the 49ers, if not emulate them, I acknowledge that many of us have a Niners fan or two in our life who’s a pain in the ear.

My San Diego State dorm housed a large number of these pesky folks. Shouting “Niiiiners” at any hour wasn't beyond them.

It ain’t bragging, though, when your team wins as the Niners have. A character-building moment for many Niners fan came this month, when the team finally dropped a Lombardi. That shouldn’t deter Telesco, though, from sounding out his fellow Lobo, Roman.

There’s got to be something to be learned from a franchise that acquired so much talent in recent years. As if they’re smarter than everybody else, the Niners also will have 13-14 picks going into this year’s draft.

What, then, might the Chargers glean from the scourge of the NFC? Here, following, are a few basic points.

• Talent trumps experience. *Ex-Chargers quarterback Jim Harbaugh had never overseen an NFL team, or an NFL offense or defense, when the 49ers lured him from Stanford with a five-year contract worth $25 million. Harbaugh was a true head coach and a quarterback sage, two rare attributes in one. In two years under Harbaugh, the Niners have gone to the NFC Championship and then a Super Bowl. Looking for a quarterback with more upside, Harbaugh chose an NFL sophomore, Colin Kaepernick, over veteran Alex Smith (a move I praised at the time). Talent won out.

* -- Harbaugh was a Chargers loyalist from 1999-2000, when he was a quarterback here. One day, when a U-T beat writer wore a 49ers sweatshirt to Chargers Park and asked him a question, Harbaugh refused to answer, citing the offensive apparel.

• Invest in good blockers. In building the NFL’s best offensive line, which helped them to rebuilde Smith and nurture his eventual replacement, the 49ers spent first-round picks on two tackles and a guard. John F. Kennedy was Mr. President the last time the Chargers took a guard in the first round (nine-time Pro Bowler Walt Sweeney, second overall, 1963, though he wasn’t a guard at Syracuse). Not since they chose USC’s James FitzPatrick 13th overall in 1986 have the Chargers taken a tackle in the first round. Draft position isn’t destiny, as undrafted guard Kris Dielman showed. But the Chargers appear to have skimped up front; not one of their current blockers was taken before the 65th pick.

• Go back to school. While Roman was on Harbaugh's staff at Stanford, he became intrigued with the pistol formation. He visited its creator, Chris Ault, then Nevada's coach. The two stayed in touch, and after following Harbaugh to the Niners, Roman fit the pistol to the NFL game, with ample help from the former Nevada star Kaepernick. Schematic innovation is rampant in the college game, particularly the mid-levels. If Bill Belichick thought it important to pal around with Chip Kelly and Urban Meyer, the Chargers should think about getting to know college innovators, too. Texas A&M’s Kevin Sumlin, to name one, is a college coach I’d want to get to know.